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She knocked on the meeting room door and went inside. She was instantly greeted by the suffocating tension inside. Pursing her lips, she looked for the CFO gingerly, only to accidentally meet a pair of familiar, brooding eyes. She instantly stilled and paled.Anthony sat at the seat that was furthest from the door with his side facing the door. His perfectly sculpted features gave him a cold, intimidating presence as he stared indifferently at her."Anne?" the CFO, Charmaine Turner, called out.Snapping out of the initial shock, Anne forced herself to move toward Charmaine to hand her the documents before turning her heels to run. She held her breath until she was out of the meeting room, and instead of returning to the finance department, she went to the bathroom to calm herself.Inside the washroom, she stared dazedly at the frightened expression on her reflection as she tried to make sense of the situation.'Why is Anthony in the shareholders meeting, and on the first day I sta

"How can you be sure? Did you not see the exchange between those two in the meeting room? There's something between them!"Tommy was more than sure because he had found out about the triplets.As soon as Anne returned to the office, her colleague informed her that her phone had been ringing.She had left her phone on the desk, and it started ringing again when she went back to her workstation.She glanced at the display and realized it was Sarah calling, so she took the phone outside to answer with resignation."Anne, I heard that you started working in the Marwood Group? How? Was it Ron?" Sarah asked in excitement."No.""Who then?""I went to apply for the job myself," Anne dismissed.Luckily, Sarah was not truly curious about how Anne started working in Marwood Group. It came as a pleasant surprise that Anne had become an employee in the Marwood Group, and it had sparked her ambition to strengthen Anne's position in the company so that she would not have to worry about the

"Yeah. It's Anthony's cousin. He didn't tell Anthony, though. Probably after something else because he doesn't get along with Anthony.""More and more people are going to find out," Lucas said.She bit her lip, knowing that he was right.'But what can I do? Where can I hide the children away safely? Anthony has a woman he loves by his side now, and the existence of the three children will only be bad news to him,' she thought, unable to imagine what would happen if Anthony found out."If you don't mind, the kids can stay with me," Lucas offered."With... you?" Surprised, she said, "How could we? That's not okay.""I live alone and there's a housekeeper at home who can take care of the kids. You can come over to see them anytime you want," Lucas said.She could not bring herself to trouble Lucas to such an extent. He was the principal of the kindergarten her children went to, and it made sense that he would like children. Her triplets seemed to get more and more accustomed to cal

"Umph!"Her head was already spinning, and the dizziness simply worsened at the sudden movement. She felt a pressure on her chin, and she was forced to gaze up dazedly."Who am I?"She twitched in fear at the freezing tone. Instantly, her vision became clearer, and she stared dazed at the devilish face before her. "You...""Disappointed that it's not your Mr. Principal, hm?" He forced her to lift her chin further as he narrowed his eyes dangerously.Her neck tensed, giving her a beautiful yet frail appearance. "Why... are you here? It's none of your business...""It is none of my business, but you were in my way," he said before dragging her out of the car by the arm."Ah!" she exclaimed.By the time they arrived at her apartment, Anne had mostly sobered. Though she felt light-headed, she finally recognized Anthony and was terrified."Cook something," He ignored the wary expression on her face and commanded.Still feeling a little dazed, she stared at him in confusion with fl

"How dare you threaten me?" His eyes were filled with malicious anger as he questioned in a furious voice."It hurts..." Her face twitched in pain as she struggled to speak. "Yeah, I... only have one life, so... so even if you manage to do as you please now, I am... going to slit my own throat as soon as you are gone. Why don't you try me..." Her drunken voice was weak, but every word was laced with determination.He grabbed her by the jaw, and because her face was small, he could almost hold her entire with just one of his hands."Playing the virtuous woman now, are we? For who, hm?" he questioned viciously. "Looks like you have really taken a liking to the kindergarten principal!""It's not that... I just... don't think we should be doing this anymore if you've already decided to cast me aside..."He shoved her aside with a dark, vengeful expression. "I look forward to seeing what would happen to that principal now that he has you on his tail."With that, he turned and left.A